Monday, September 26, 2011
A lady at heart, a story of a flower- girl....
I could not even take a break from reading this play until I finished it - so intriguing angaging it is. I think it's brilliant. I fully enjoyed Shaw's beautiful language. I have to admit: to the last page I was hoping that Eliza and Higgins confess their love to each other ( the romantic in me!) but Show stays extremely true to the characters and does not completely streighten out their complex relationship. I think that they are attracted to each other, but but both are almost too intelligent to be together: Higgins is passional for phonetics and Eliza knows that and would not what to come second( even Shaw himself says so). He, her new identity creator, will always stand in her hierarchy above every other human being because of his amazing mind. Although Higgins taught Eliza everything, I think she was always a very strong woman. Manners can not completely change a person. She just became more appealing to society with her new look, habits, speech, grace and all the other attributes of a lady. She even admitted that her reformation process started when Pickering first called her Ms Doolittle and started treating her with respect. That's when she found her own respect for herself, found her inner lady.
I think you are definitely right in saying that Eliza has always been a strong woman and all she needed was self respect. Higgins transformed her on the outside, but she was always the same on the inside. Her being strong and Higgins being stubborn could not have worked into a functional relationship because she will always be second. The play was great though and it was a definite page turner till the end.
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the reasons I love Pickering: a wonderful gentleman!I agree with your notion that Shaw stays true to his characters which allows the ending to stay honest and calm.
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